Love Found Me

 

 

I was despicable

I know you would gasp,

Cleaning me up?

That was certainly a task.

I was so wretched

As wretched as could be,

I was horrid and vile

Though many did not see.

O, I could cover up

And hide all this stuff

And while I appeared gentle

I was inwardly rough.

Something was wrong,

I wanted to change

But however I tried

I was still deranged.

Mad? Yes, you heard me,

Mad as a tabby cat

But on the outside,

Pretense is where I was at.

O, I was an actor,

In some ways I’m still one

But that playacting

Is mostly gone.

Someone was responsible

For this turn around,

Love turned up

And I was found.

 

Love found me,

I don’t mean Lynette,

I mean agape love,

That’s the Love I met.

Yes I had an encounter

With the Lover of my soul

And that’s when I realized

I was not whole.

  

It took Him a while

Since I fooled around,

He doesn’t force anyone

That doesn’t want to be found.

But He tells you you’re lost

And you need His help,

He makes sure your lost state

Is really felt.

It was then I realized

I was full of hate,

That’s when Love found me

And changed my state.

 

Love found me,

What a watershed!

That was a defining moment

In both heart and head.

I still playact

And sometimes I pretend

But as I walk with Love

I will continue to mend.

There’s one thing I know

That I know for sure,

Love found me

And I am not lost anymore.

Stewart Russell © February 2018